When George Gershwin was a struggling musician, he applied for a job at the office of the famous and well established composer, Irving Berlin.
Berlin looked over the qualifications of his young applicant and said to him, I’ll pay you double the salary that you are now making if you come and wor…
For of all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these: “It might have been.” – John Greenleaf Whittier.
Are we slaves to the “woulda, coulda, shoulda” syndrome? “If only…” are words of such sad regret. It might have been, but it isn’t. If only I “woulda” done this or…
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Recently we visited a brother in the Brantford, Ontario hospital. He had suffered a massive stroke and is partially paralyzed. He has difficulty speaking, but we were able to visit, discussing happier times and the glorious hope we share. He came out with a profound statement which is worth remember…
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Condensation is commonplace in today’s modern world. From condensed milk to powdered eggs and potatoes we find that many familiar items are reduced, condensed, or dehydrated so that they take only a fraction of their former space. Records are reduced to microfilm, even the dead are cremated to a h…
Be patient with the faults of others; they may have to be patient with yours. Make your words sweet for you may have to eat them.
When we look back and remember how many dumb things we have said and done in our lives we marvel at the patience that our heavenly Father has for us. We should learn f…
If you keep waiting for just the right time, you may never begin. Begin now. Do what you can with what you have, right where you are, and do it now.
Many people have failed because they were always waiting for what they thought would be the miracle time to begin.
Solomon tells us, “He th…
In a book of humorous definitions by children, one small child said, “a hole is to dig.” We were in high school when the war broke out, and the first change that took place on our campus was the erection of an obstacle course which included “a wall that was to climb.”
The good athletes co…
“He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.” These words of John the Baptist still apply today.
They were certainly true as Joh…
Recently we saw a sign which said something to this effect: “It’s not the mountain before me that is stopping me, it’s the pebble in my shoe that hurts when I climb”. It is true that we can sometimes scale great heights and then be defeated by something as small as a pebble in our …
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We sometimes call something other than what it is and hope that somehow it will become what we have called it. A small boy wants a horse. He finds a broomstick and straddles it and calls it a horse and, to him, it becomes a horse. We are wise if we confine this to childhood and with Paul say…
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